Metasia mzabi

Metasia mzabi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Spilomelinae
Genus: Metasia
Species:
M. mzabi
Binomial name
Metasia mzabi

Metasia mzabi is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1913. It is found in Algeria.[1]

The length of the forewings is about 11 mm. The forewings are white, although the basal fourth, costal area and outer fifth are sandy brownish orange. There is a large sandy yellow stigma, encircled with brown and a straight antemedial band, as well as a curved chocolate-brown transverse band. The terminal line is thin and brown. The hindwings are white with a sandy brownish orange stigma, postdiscal band and terminal band.[2]

References

  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ Novit. Zool. 20 (1): 141 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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